Hospitality hiring resources and guides
Concorsa publishes hospitality hiring resources for hotels, restaurants, venues, travel operators, and leisure employers across the United States.
Request talentHospitality recruitment guides you can read now
Our hospitality recruitment guides are gathered here, with each entry noting its format and access so you can go straight to what you need.
Hospitality salary guide 2026
Free to read, no form required. The guide sets out public US Bureau of Labor Statistics pay figures for lodging managers, food service managers, and chefs, explains the drivers that move pay for a given role (location, property type, service level, and experience), and shows how to benchmark an offer before it goes to market. Use it when you need a defensible salary range for a job posting, a counter-offer, or an internal pay review.
Hospitality industry hiring trends 2026
Free to read. This article examines labor supply, pay, and retention in hospitality, and what current conditions mean for employers planning permanent hires, seasonal staffing, or senior appointments in the year ahead. It is written for owners, general managers, and HR leads who need the market picture before committing to a recruitment plan.
Advice from our recruiters in a briefing call
The guides cover the market picture. In a briefing call, our recruiters apply the same evidence to your specific vacancy, working through the areas below.
Scoping the role
Before any search begins, we help sharpen the job description, defining the duties, skills, and service mindset the role genuinely requires, and separating the requirements that are essential from those that quietly shrink your candidate pool.
Positioning pay
We advise where an offer should sit against current market rates so it reaches serious candidates without overshooting the budget, taking account of the wider package: tips and service charge, shift patterns, accommodation or meals, and progression.
Availability and timelines
Our recruiters give a realistic view of candidate supply in your area and how long a search is likely to take, including how seasonal demand and local competition for the same skills affect the schedule.
Choosing the hiring route
We help you weigh executive search for senior appointments, permanent placement for ongoing roles, and temporary staffing for seasonal peaks and events, and where a combination of the three fits a property opening or a sudden gap in the schedule.
Using a benchmark in your brief
Figures from the salary guide can anchor a brief, giving hiring managers a shared reference point on pay before interviews begin, which keeps the approval conversation short and prevents offers being revised late in the process.
Talk to our team
Concorsa is a specialist recruitment and executive search firm serving hospitality, travel, and leisure employers across the United States. If a guide leaves a question open, or you would like this advice applied to a live vacancy, our team is glad to talk it through. Call us at +1 888-202-9809 or email contact@
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